Al-Ittihad 1-1 Al-Okhdood, Saudi Pro League: Bassogog's Late Stunner Denies Leaders Eight-point Advantage

Christian Bassogog's stunning late leveller denied Al-Ittihad the chance to move eight points clear at the Saudi Pro League summit after they were held 1-1 by Al-Okhdood. (More Football News)

After Al-Hilal were beaten 3-2 by Al-Ahli on Friday with Ivan Toney scoring a hat-trick, Laurent Blanc's side were unable to take full advantage, but still lead the table by six points. 

After Fawaz Al Soqoor's wild effort early on, Al-Ittihad were forced to survive a wave of pressure from their opponents, with Petros and Yaseen Al Zubaidi going close. 

But a moment of real quality put the league leaders ahead, with Houssem바카라 웹사이트Aouar collecting바카라 웹사이트Hassan Kadish's pass before weaving his way forward and finishing past바카라 웹사이트Paulo Vitor.바카라 웹사이트

Al-Okhdood continued to pressure their opponents, and almost levelled before the break when바카라 웹사이트Naif Asiri rattled the woodwork, with his바카라 웹사이트effort leaving바카라 웹사이트Predrag Rajkovic stranded.

Karim Benzema was then denied by a superb goal-line clearance바카라 웹사이트six minutes after the restart, before his sensational run ended with a shot that was saved by Vitor late on.바카라 웹사이트

And that miss proved costly. In the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, Al-Ittihad failed to clear a corner which fell to Bassogog, who rifled the ball into the top corner.바카라 웹사이트

Al-Qadsiah also left it late to move above Al-Nassr and into third바카라 웹사이트in the table바카라 웹사이트after바카라 웹사이트Abdulaziz Al Othman's stoppage-time winner earned them a 1-0 win over Al-Riyadh.바카라 웹사이트

They have now won their last four matches against Riyadh teams in the Pro League, their longest run바카라 웹사이트against those teams in the competition, but were made to work for their victory.바카라 웹사이트

Following a first half lacking clear-cut chances,바카라 웹사이트Julian Quinones came closest to opening the scoring just before the hour, but his strike was repelled by the woodwork.바카라 웹사이트

But a pivotal moment in the contest came in the 62nd minute바카라 웹사이트when바카라 웹사이트Mohamed Konate was shown a second yellow card for a poorly timed challenge in midfield.

And having pushed for a winner, Al-Qadsiah got their reward in the first minute of second-half stoppage time when바카라 웹사이트Al Othman finished past an inspired Milan Borjan.바카라 웹사이트

Al-Riyadh almost snatched a share of the spoils late on, though, but substitute바카라 웹사이트Faiz Selemani was denied by the post, with Michel's side able to hold on for the three points.바카라 웹사이트